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Mahama pleads for President Kufuor's intervention in
the North
Wa, Feb. 28, Ghanadot/GNA - Dr. Edward
Mahatma, Presidential candidate of the People's National
Convention (PNC), has called for the personal intervention
of President John Agyekum Kufuor in conflicts threatening to
tear many communities apart before he leaves office.
He said as father of the nation, there was the need for the
President to spearhead the resolution of these conflicts,
especially those that erupted during his tenure, in order to
leave a clean slate for any leader who would take over from
him.
Dr Mahama said this during an interaction with media
personnel at Wa on Wednesday after a campaign tour of the
Upper West Region to thank delegates for electing him as
Presidential candidate and to also spell out his vision to
the electorate.
He said whoever would take over from President Kufuor could
be bogged down by conflicts if President Kufuor did not end
the current cycle of conflicts before leaving office and
this might make the incoming administration ineffective.
He mentioned the Bawku and Yendi situations as very serious
conflicts that needed the personal intervention of the
President.
Dr Mahama said the PNC was ready to merge with the
Convention People's Party if there was a genuine commitment
for such a venture from the CPP but the PNC would never do
so under any condition that called for its total
dissolution.
He said the party's campaign would centre on corruption,
which had become the order of the day, and numerous
uncompleted projects that were spread over the country were
a visible evidence of the corruption that had engulfed the
nation.
“Most of these uncompleted projects were undertaken by the
private companies of the District Chief Executives. PNC will
commission a panel of experts when it takes office to take a
census of all uncompleted projects and execute them for the
benefit of the poor who are now suffering under corrupt
practices".
"My Government will go further to reverse the situation
where 103 signatures are needed before contractors are paid
for work done", he said.
Dr Mahama said his party would be a formidable contender in
this year's election and was optimistic that the PNC would
win more seats in the region but expressed regret that some
people in the region had been voting "skirt and Blouse" that
was not in the interest of the PNC.
GNA
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